Vanessa Kerry, a pulmonary and critical care physician, foundedSeed Global Healthmore than a decade ago to tackle inequities in health care systems around the world, especially in countries with fewer resources. Climate change is exacerbating these disparities, she told STAT in an interview, as...
pulmonary lymphangiectasiscongenital anomalyWe report for the first time the case of a 3-year-old girl who developed a severe anaphylactoid reaction following the administration of the nonionic, low osmolar intravenous radiographic contrast agent ioversol. Severe reactions to ioversol have rarely been ...
Long-Acting Bronchodilator Use in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Primary Care in New Zealand: A Retrospective Study of Treatment Patterns and Evolution Using the HealthStat Database Dominique Milea, See-Hwee Yeo, Yein Nam, Aldo Amador Navarro Rojas, Sumitra Shantakumar, Janine Beale...
Aim To deliver a training programme to enable senior practitioners from the wider community team to complete DNACPR ('Do Not Attempt Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation') forms. Background It is well documented that practitioners find initiating DNACPR discussions with patients difficult due to fear of ...
Evaluation of the Stratus CS Acute Care D-dimer assay (DDMR) using the Stratus CS STAT Fluorometric Analyzer: a prospective multisite study for exclusion of pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombo- sis. Thromb Res 2012; 130: e274-e278....
A novel ACE2 activator reduces monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension by sup- pressing the JAK/STAT and TGF-β cascades with restored caveolin-1 expres- sion. Exp Lung Res. 2015;41:21-31. doi: 10.3109/01902148.2014.959141.Haga S, Tsuchiya H, Hirai T, et al. A novel ACE2 activator...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the most common medical problem in India. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the echocardiography based cardiac function in COPD patients (200) of C.U. Shah Medical College and Hospital during 05th August 2012 to 12th September 2013. 126 ...
Their clinical presentations, Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) and sites of Extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis (EPTB) were studied. A pretested questionnaire was used to collect a detailed history followed by a physical examination, eventually laboratory and radi...